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Divine trial teach us what we are; it dig up the soil and...

Divine trial teach us what we are; it dig up the soil and let us see what we are made of.

Quote by Charles Haddon Spurgeon about judgment

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

Quote by Joseph Joubert about books, common sense, sense, man

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

Quote by Charles Haddon Spurgeon about god, determination, nothing, life, people

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from...

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love.

Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg about truth, love

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was...

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about order

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about charm, reward, sleep, use, god, work

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine...

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

Quote by Joseph Addison about ability, glory, nature, man

No one was ever great without some portion of divine...

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about inspiration

Human beings must be known to be loved, but Divine beings...

Human beings must be known to be loved, but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about love, human imperfections

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the...

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about rightness, justice, infinite, god, spirit, nothing

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today,...

Quote by Papa John Paul II about love, honesty, promise, grace, principle, help, god, day, life

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel about love

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions.

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions.

Quote by Jules Michelet about woman, miracle

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are...

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.

Quote by John Osborne about heroism, god

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.

Quote by Kenneth Grahame about literature, longing, spring, dark, air, home, house, earth, spirit

The angel of the Family is Woman. Mother, wife, or sister, Woman is the caress of life, the soothing sweetness of affection shed over its toils, a reflection for the individual of the loving providence which watches over Humanity. In her there is...

Quote by Giuseppe Mazzini about woman, kiss, faith, family, children, future, mother, affection, treasure, symbol

All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in...

All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.

Quote by David Livingstone about religion

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Quote by Arthur Rimbaud about god, knowledge, love

The divine is not something high above us. It is in...

The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us.

Quote by Morihei Ueshiba about god, earth

Where is life, there are hopr and dream, divine fire and...

Where is life, there are hopr and dream, divine fire and reason...

Quote by Pavel Corut about life, dream, reason, fire, fire brigade

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